Ah, I may know to block services granted and Joe doesnt. But its not a big deal to learn what services to turn off and what not. If Joe was really worried about attacks from external sources and he invested time doing his homework about firewalls, then I'm assuming its equally as easy to do some research in what services/processes/whatever he should turn off. Then he could save his money. One doesnt need to be computer savvy to read some info.Quote:
The ignorance of Mr Joe means that he will be exposed... I would recommend to anyone like Mr Joe who wanted to get computer saavy to check out firewalls and install one. Not only should it block all services by default and enhance security, but Mr Joe starts to learn that his computer does a lot more than what he can click and type.
Wouldnt it be worse if Joe got some personal firewall, lets say Norton or Mcafee since they spend a bit of money in advertising. He installs it. A pop up appears saying something wants to connect to somewhere. He probably has no idea what the thing is saying so he'll just click ok. 2nd pop up, 3rd pop up, well I'm sure hes a bit annoyed by now. :fpissed: So he'll just either click ok for everything or just turn the damn thing off. ( BTW this is a real life expierence as I get annoyed easily by so many popups :p ) So not only has he spent money but now his system is just as "unprotected" as if he didnt have the firewall.